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Max Cabello Orcasitas – Chungui’s Grief (The Wedding of Grief and Carnival)

Max Cabello Orcasitas Chungui’s Grief (The Wedding of Grief and Carnival) ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT In the district of Chungui, Ayacucho, Peru, there’s a foundational myth that st…

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The restoration of celebratory expressions and life-death rituals is interrupted by the still slow exhumation process of the victims and disappeared people of those brutal years. Along with this restoration, Chungui’s population is concerned with recovering their relatives’ bodies.